The History Project - University of California, Davis

Teachers Teaching Teachers

The History Project at UC Davis is a community of K-16 educators in the greater Sacramento area.

We are:

  • committed to raising student achievement by teaching history in challenging and exciting ways, which expand content knowledge and develop a literate citizenry.
  • dedicated to supporting and challenging one another in pursuit of excellence in history and social-science education.

“The History Project has been invaluable in providing teachers with useful, timely, and rigorous hands-on activities for Geography, World History and US History. Having the opportunity to hear and speak with university professors who are experts in their fields and actually having time to collaborate with educators throughout the region are certainly strengths of the program. Educators, take advantage of the History Project offerings; they will take your teaching to a much higher level, and you'll have fun in the process!”

Carrie Malenab
Vice Principal
Pleasant Grove High School

We are part of UCD's Department of History, one of seven California History-Social Science Projects, and part of the larger network of the discipline-specific sites known as the California Subject Matter Projects commissioned by the California State Legislature.

Welcome to our community!

“If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.” — Pearl S. Buck

Solano's Teachers Gear Up!

On August 5, 8th-grade teachers from across Solano County will convene at Solano Community College to consider "Founding Documents that Shaped the Nation." This event kicks off our latest Teaching American History grant, won in partnership with Solano County Office of Education and Solano Community College . In addition to examining the role of the founding documents with SCC historians, History Project leaders will train participants in historical thinking and academic literacy strategies, expanding their teaching repetoire with valuable tools for engaging students. Participants can expect to walk away with new knowledge, resources, strategies, model lessons, books, and County colleagues to hit the ground running for the new school year. For more information, see the calendar section of our website or email Stacey Greer-Crabtree.